Weis Center 2014-15 Season Announced

July 23, 2014, BY Kathryn Kopchik

The 2014-15 season at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University includes more than 30 events and features music and dance from across the United States and around the world. Six performances are free. All events are open to the public.

The 33 events include world music, blues, bluegrass, modern dance, jazz, classical, multimedia presentations, Americana/folk, and a Family Discovery Series.

The season will kick-off on Friday, Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. with a free outdoor concert on the Weis Center Plaza by Slavic Soul Party, a Balkan brass band from New York City.

Slavic Soul Party is characterized by fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, Gypsy accordion wizardry and virtuoso jazz chops. The nine musicians have created an acoustic mash-up of Balkan and Gypsy sounds with North American music, weaving the gospel, funk, dub, jazz and Latin influences of New York's neighborhoods seamlessly into a Balkan brass setting and always "delivering a great time," according to the New York Times.

Kathryn Maguet, executive director of the Weis Center, says of the season, "We bring these amazing artists to Central Pennsylvania to do more than perform. Our goal is to build bridges in our community and to set the stage for the powerful exchange of ideas.

"We create opportunities for patrons to touch an artist's creative spirit and equally important, for the artists to learn from audience members. We know that these experiences touch us in ways we don't know, at times when we least expect it, with an effect we might not realize for days, weeks or even years."

Highlights from the Weis Center's schedule include:

Americana/folk music from The Stray Birds on Oct. 22, bluegrass music from Sam Bush Band on Oct. 31, and soul singer-songwriter Raul Midon on Feb. 11

Blues by Guy Davis Trio on Sept. 10 and southern blues/rock and roll by North Mississippi Allstars on Sept. 26

World music including Arabic music from Simon Shaheen on Nov. 19, Celtic holiday music from Lunasa and Karan Casey on Dec. 4, Ukrainian music from DakhaBrakha on April 1 and Malian guitarist Fatoumata Diawara on April 15

A Family Discovery Series that includes four events: The Intergalactic Nemesis on Nov. 13, Parallel Exit on Dec. 6, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites on March 7, and Peking Acrobats on April 4

Jazz by vocalist Gregory Porter on Feb. 20 and Matt Wilson Quartet with John Medeski on March 18

Multimedia presentations including a military-inspired performance called Basetrack on Nov. 18, Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq will accompany the 1922 silent film Nanook of the North on Jan. 28, and a Jewish Heritage performance called The Big Picture by David Krakauer on Feb. 28.

Ticket sales begin late AugustThe majority of Weis Center tickets range in price from $20 to $30, with discounts available for senior citizens, college students, groups and youth.

Subscription orders by mail will be given priority until Aug. 15.

Single ticket orders by mail will be filled in the order in which they have been received and will be mailed out beginning Aug. 25.

Orders by phone or in person can be placed during normal box office hours beginning Aug. 28. Online orders may also be placed on Aug. 28.

After the box office opens on Thursday, Aug. 28, advance tickets can be charged at bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.

Tickets also will be available in person from the Weis Center lobby weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the CAPS Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center, weekdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The 28-page season brochure and ticket order form can be downloaded directly from the Weis Center's website. To request a hardcopy brochure, contact Lisa Leighton, marketing and outreach director, at 570-577-3727 or by email at lisa.leighton@bucknell.edu and one will be mailed at no cost.

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